So, it seems (I think) that someone fell for the line that Specialized do lock on type grips with only one collar, but that "The grips they do for left handed riders have the collar on the "outside" only."

🙂

Let's hear the others you know of!

Carbon is no good for mountain bikes as it breaks too easily

Apparently you don't need a permit to ride Cannock chase.!

Not falling for that old chestnut.

29ers aren't as good as 26ers 😆

1 bike will do for everything…………

SS bikes are cool?

riding singlespeed ruins your knees

a bendy stem is like suspension

someone told me bikes didn't allways have suspension and loadsa gears! Mad innit

Everyone will be riding 35lb 6" full sussers next year.

The top's only just around the next corner(and they fell for it five times on the same climb too).

Fixies with no brakes are great for riding around town…

You have to let your tyres down before you put your bike on a plane.

This sounds just like the other thread…
…so I'll just add the usual; wearing a piece of low density polystyrene on your head (costing £100+) makes you invulnerable to injury, and allows you to ride like an erse (see commuting video thread) 😉

Wearing your jeans down your bum prevents any sort of injury.

Teenagers riding high spec bikes dont speak.

If you dont wear a helmet then accidents will never ever happen, and especially head related ones

This years XTR/XO etc is 36% stiffer/lighter/stronger/betterer than last years.
By that rational 1997 XTR was made of pig iron and only worked properly on tuesdays.
DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE KIDS!

Captain Flashheart actually exists………………………………..

fox forx maintenance schedule

Chap exiting Oxspring tunnel on the TPT before it had lights: "It's okay, apart from the big hole about half way!"

Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France clean

That anyone on STW knows what they are talking about…..

Can't remember exact details due to my auldtimers disease, but mbuk circa a long time ago, photographed the suckers of a white bath mat and claimed this was the new onza porcupines especially for wet conditions.

IIRC they had tons (well maybe 4 or 5) requests for more details.

Aaah yes the OnZa octopus, a quality scam.